"had become friends after they first met on the set of ""Giant"", referred to Dean as gay during a speech at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2001. Biographer Darwin Porter believes that Dean was more likely omnisexual, and that his trysts were often opportunistic and designed to further his career. Publisher: Sandy Beach, A (February 26, 2018) James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, ""Rebel Without a Cause"""
"his workload. His last film appearance was a small but pivotal role in the television biopic, ""James Dean: Race with Destiny"", playing ""Giant"" director George Stevens. His last starring role was in the 1995 Norwegian movie ""Pakten"". A lifelong heavy smoker, Mitchum died on July 1, 1997, in Santa Barbara, California, due to complications of lung cancer and emphysema. He was about five weeks shy of his 80th birthday. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. He was survived by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy Mitchum (died April 12, 2014, Santa Barbara, California, aged 94), and"
"prop vehicles for the James Bond film ""Diamonds Are Forever"", and the ""Flintstones"" movie. In the 1990s, Dean worked mostly at his passion of customizing cars from the 40’s and 50’s. His repertoire included chop, channel, section, lowering, custom grilles, lead work, and sculpting headlights and fenders. In 2004, Dean appeared on an episode of the television show ""Monster Garage"" with several of his peers (including Gene Winfield, and Bill Hines) to customize a 1954 Chevy sedan for the show’s host, Jesse James. After a career spanning over 50 years, Dean retired in 2005. Several of his cars are on"
"told Lewis that he was ""nothing to me but a fu***** dollar sign."" Martin left the act at his first opportunity, following their farewell appearance at the Copacabana Club on July 25, 1956, exactly ten years after their first official teaming. Their final film together, ""Hollywood or Bust"", was released that December. Dean Martin's career arguably reached new heights after the team split up, as a recording artist for the Capitol and Reprise labels, as a movie actor both on his own (""Rio Bravo"", ""The Young Lions"", the Matt Helm series) and as a member of the Rat Pack (""Ocean's"
"season of ""My Favorite Martian"". However, he is best remembered for his role as Chief O'Hara with the thick Irish brogue he developed for the part. While on ""Batman"", he appeared as a guest in numerous other television programmes, including ""I Dream of Jeannie"" and ""The Mothers-in-Law"", in the latter once again playing a policeman. After ""Batman"" was cancelled in 1968, he wisely invested his money with a partnership in a chain of car washes, which brought him considerable financial success. His last released film was ""Cycle Psycho"" in 1973. He had a posthumous appearance in ""Mannix"" that was first"
"SCVTV documentary titled ""The Stuff of Legend: James Dean's Final Ride"", co-produced by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. Death of James Dean The death of Hollywood actor James Dean occurred on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California. Dean had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when his car crashed at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41. He was 24 years old. In April 1954, after securing the co-starring role of Cal Trask in ""East of Eden,"" James Dean purchased a 1955"
"in ""East of Eden"", Dean was nominated posthumously for the 1956 Academy Awards as Best Actor in a Leading Role of 1955, the first official posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history. (Jeanne Eagels was nominated for Best Actress in 1929, when the rules for selection of the winner were different.) ""East of Eden"" was the only film starring Dean that he would see released in his lifetime. Dean quickly followed up his role in ""Eden"" with a starring role as Jim Stark in ""Rebel Without a Cause"", a film that would prove to be hugely popular among teenagers. The"
"his character in the film's later scenes, Dean dyed his hair gray and shaved some of it off to give himself a receding hairline. ""Giant"" would prove to be Dean's last film. At the end of the film, Dean was supposed to make a drunken speech at a banquet; this is nicknamed the 'Last Supper' because it was the last scene before his sudden death. Due to his desire to make the scene more realistic by actually being inebriated for the take, Dean mumbled so much that director George Stevens decided the scene had to be overdubbed by Nick Adams,"
"it!"" He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: ""Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics."" He came out of retirement again in 1971 to star in ""Every Little Crook and Nanny"" and again in 1976 along with many other former Hollywood stars in ""Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood"". His last feature film appearance was a cameo as a millionaire in ""Firepower"" in 1979, while his final acting role was that of Samson's father Manoah in the TV movie ""Samson and Delilah"" in"
"who is accidentally re-launched on the road to fame and fortune by a fan in ""Starstruck"". ""Variety"" noted that Dean ""nails his role with precision"". He was also lauded for his performance as a mysterious small-town psychologist in ""Mumford"" (1999). Dean's performance was considered ""plausible and generous,"" and he was favorably compared to a ""young Charles Grodin."" Much of his acting career, however, has been in supporting roles. His films include ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""How to Make an American Quilt"" (1995), ""Gattaca"" (1997), ""Enemy of the State"" (1998) and ""Space Cowboys"" (2000). Dean has appeared in a number of independent"
"""The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"" (1976), ""Harry O"", ""Hunter"", ""End of the World"" (1977), and ""Evil Town"" (1977). He had a small part in ""Game of Death"" (1979) with Bruce Lee. Jagger's later appearances included ""The Waltons"", ""Gideon's Trumpet"" (1980) and ""Alligator"" (1980). He won a Daytime Emmy award for a guest appearance in the religious series ""This Is the Life"". His last role was as Dr. David Domedion in the ""St. Elsewhere"" Season Three finale ""Cheers"" in 1985. Dean Jagger has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1523 Vine Street for his contribution to motion pictures. When"
"of Eden"", James Dean's film debut. """" is a travelogue of his 1960 road trip with his poodle Charley. Steinbeck bemoans his lost youth and roots, while dispensing both criticism and praise for America. According to Steinbeck's son Thom, Steinbeck made the journey because he knew he was dying and wanted to see the country one last time. Steinbeck's last novel, ""The Winter of Our Discontent"" (1961), examines moral decline in America. The protagonist Ethan grows discontented with his own moral decline and that of those around him. The book has a very different tone from Steinbeck's amoral and ecological"
"teach James Dean to use a lariat. He appeared in a few television roles and movies up until 1966. On November 12, 2004, for his work in movies, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also instrumental in the foundation of what is now the Autry National Center of the American West. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. He died at 89 in Studio City, California after a long illness; he was survived by his wife of 31 years, Joanne. He was buried"
"the hardest working member of his profession in Hollywood, still had approximately a dozen films in ""post-production"" at the time of his death in 2009. Most of these roles were cameos or small parts in independent, direct to DVD productions. Among them, a horror film, ""Dark Fields"" (2009); an action film, ""Bad Cop"" (2009); and a western, ""All Hell Broke Loose"" (2009); and ""Detention"" (2010), a thriller. He made one last film for Corman - ""Dinocroc vs. Supergator"" (2010) directed by Jim Wynorski. Ken Tucker, writing for Entertainment Weekly, said the film was ""impeccable"" and ""goofy fun all the way."""
"in its ""Scariest Movie Moments and Scenes"", and all fatalities in its ""Best Film Deaths Scenes"". The demise of Detmer's character entered the listings of the most shocking deaths on film of George Wales and Simon Kinnear of ""Total Film"" (No. 29 and No. 10, respectively), Simon Hill of Eat Horror (No. 10), and Dirk Sonningsen of Mania (No. 10). Final Destination (film) Final Destination is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong and the first in the film series of the same name. The screenplay was written by James Wong, Glen Morgan, and Jeffrey Reddick, based"
"Steve Hart and the Cadillac Angels in January 2014. Quentin Dean Quentin Dean (July 27, 1944 – May 8, 2003) was an American actress of the 1960s. Born Quintin Corinne Margolin (some sources cite Corinne Ida Margolin), she was introduced as the 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison's 1967 hit film, ""In the Heat of the Night"", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her acting career ended in 1969. She died of cancer at age 58 in Los Angeles, California. Her remains were cremated and the ashes scattered at sea in the Pacific"
"National Lampoon's Last Resort National Lampoon's Last Resort (also known as Last Resort or National Lampoon's Scuba School) is a 1994 direct-to-video comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski. The film stars Corey Feldman and Corey Haim as Sam and Dave, two friends who are visiting a Caribbean island resort. Sam (Corey Feldman) and Dave (Corey Haim) after being fired from a fast food outlet and getting evicted are magically transported to Sam's uncle's island. Sam and Dave are asked to help save the island. The band Dread Zeppelin perform the film's theme song as credits roll at the end. Filmed"
"onscreen. His estate still earns about $5,000,000 per year, according to ""Forbes Magazine"". Dean has been a touchstone of many television shows, films, books and plays. The film ""September 30, 1955"" (1977) depicts the ways various characters in a small Southern town in the US react to Dean's death. The play ""Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"", written by Ed Graczyk, depicts a reunion of Dean fans on the 20th anniversary of his death. It was staged by the director Robert Altman in 1982, but was poorly received and closed after only 52 performances. While"
"James Dean in the Actors Studio production of End as a Man. Multitalented artist, he is the author of two both politically and artistically challenging films that did not spare Hollywood's conservatism and led to censorship. In ""The Strange One"" (1957), he tackled the question of racism in America. As a Jewish Holocaust survivor, he was deeply shocked by the segregation at his arrival in the US and he fought for the right for African-American actors to be featured in the film. ""The Strange One"" was censored by the Motion Picture Production Code for general ""homosexual overtones"", and ""excessive brutality"
"next film, the comedy drama ""True Lies"" (1994), was a popular spy film and saw Schwarzenegger reunited with James Cameron. That same year, the comedy ""Junior"" was released, the last of Schwarzenegger's three collaborations with Ivan Reitman and again co-starring Danny DeVito. This film brought him his second Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It was followed by the action thriller ""Eraser"" (1996), the Christmas comedy ""Jingle All The Way"" (1996), and the comic book-based ""Batman & Robin"" (1997), in which he played the villain Mr. Freeze. This was his final film"
"overall. Dean hoped to compete in the Indianapolis 500, but his busy schedule made it impossible. Dean's final race occurred in Santa Barbara on Memorial Day, May 30, 1955. He was unable to finish the competition due to a blown piston. His brief career was put on hold when Warner Brothers barred him from all racing during the production of ""Giant"". Dean had finished shooting his scenes and the movie was in post-production when he decided to race again. Longing to return to the ""liberating prospects"" of motor racing, Dean was scheduled to compete at a racing event in Salinas,"
"Final (film) Final is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Campbell Scott. It stars Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J. C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Hornyak, and Maureen Anderman. Earl Hindman also starred in this movie, and this was his final film role prior to his death two years later, in 2003. Bill wakes up from a coma in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from delusions that he is about to be executed by a futuristic society which has unfrozen him from a past experiment in cryonics and tissue regeneration. Under the care of Ann, his psychiatrist, he starts remembering trauma"
"due to its reduced reliance on outlandish gadgets and story lines. It is also notable for the appearance of Tate and martial arts scenes choreographed by Lee. The film ends with the announcement of a fifth Matt Helm film, ""The Ravagers"" (which would have been based upon Hamilton's 1964 novel of the same title). However, Dean Martin declined to return for another film in the face of a declining box office. When Martin refused to make ""The Ravagers,"" Columbia held up Martin's share of the profits on ""Murderers' Row"". The project was then cancelled. A ""Tony Rome Meets Matt Helm"""
"Devil Goddess Devil Goddess (1955) is the sixteenth and final Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It features Johnny Weissmuller in his third and last performance as the protagonist adventurer Johnny Weissmuller (a character previously called ""Jungle Jim"") and Ed Hinton and William Tannen as the film's antagonists, Leopold and Nels Comstock, respectively. Angela Stevens also stars. The film was directed by Spencer G. Bennet and written by Dwight Babcock and George H. Plympton. The film centers on jungle roamer Weissmuller and his team racing against a few looters for a mystical treasure located in a demon-worshiping land. Filming"
"of ""Jane"" based on the ""Daily Mirror"" comic-strip character and filmed with similar ""comic-strip frames"". In the second series his place in the castlist was upgraded to second, after Glynis Barber. His last film appearance was in 1989 in the 12-minute film ""A Fear of Silence"", a dark tale of a man who drives a stranger to a confession of murder by answering only ""yes"" or ""no"" to his questions; those two words, repeated, were his only dialogue. The film won a gold award in the ""New York Film and TV Festival"". On the afternoon of 20 May 1990 Wall"
"Picture and Best Director, as well as being nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Foreign Film. It is still regarded as one of the best films ever made in Canada. He followed that success with the serial killer thriller ""The Mean Season"" (1985), which starred Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway; and the family drama ""One Magic Christmas"" (1985), starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton. Production problems dogged his biopic """" (1990), which starred Donald Sutherland as Dr. Norman Bethune, and took four excruciating years to make. His final film, "","" was released in 1995. In early 1994,"
"Dean filed a $50 million lawsuit against director James Cameron for copyright and contributory infringement and unjust enrichment, claiming the design of Pandora, a fictional setting in Cameron's epic science fiction film ""Avatar"" (2009) and the highest grossing film of all time, was based on Dean's paintings including ""Pathways"" and used without permission. The lawsuit was thrown out by judge Jesse M. Furman in September 2014 who disagreed and believed the court found no substantial similarities between the film and Dean's artwork. ""Yessongs"" was released in May 1973; its release in the United States was on 4 May. It was"
"Death of James Dean The death of Hollywood actor James Dean occurred on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California. Dean had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when his car crashed at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41. He was 24 years old. In April 1954, after securing the co-starring role of Cal Trask in ""East of Eden,"" James Dean purchased a 1955 Triumph Tiger T110 ""650 cc"" motorcycle and, later, a used red 1953 MG TD Midget sports car. In March"
"(2010), ""Highway to Hell"" (2012) and """" (2012). On 10 July 2012, O'Toole released a statement announcing his retirement from acting. A number of his last films were released after his retirement and death: ""Decline of an Empire"" (2013), as Gallus; ""The Whole World at Our Feet"" (2015); and ""Diamond Cartel"" (2017). While studying at RADA in the early 1950s, O'Toole was active in protesting against British involvement in the Korean War. Later, in the 1960s, he was an active opponent of the Vietnam War. He played a role in the creation of the current form of the well-known folksong"
"from his pre-coma life, including the death of his father, a breakup with his fiancee, and a drunken binge while driving. He begins to recover from his mental breakdown, yet his delusions do not cease. As the truth unravels, he discovers that his delusions may be closer to the truth than the reality he was told of by his caregivers. Final (film) Final is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Campbell Scott. It stars Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J. C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Hornyak, and Maureen Anderman. Earl Hindman also starred in this movie, and this was his"
"morning of April 26, 2017, Demme died at the age of 73 in Manhattan, New York due to complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease. Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the psychological horror ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed ""Melvin and Howard"" (1980), ""Swing Shift"" (1984), ""Something Wild"" (1986), ""Married to the Mob"" (1988), the concert film ""Stop Making Sense"" (1984), ""Philadelphia"" (1993) and ""Rachel"
"was banned in New Zealand in 1955 by Chief Censor Gordon Mirams, out of fears that it would incite 'teenage delinquency', only to be released on appeal the following year with scenes cut. In Britain, the film was released with an X-rating with scenes cut. Wins Nominations American Film Institute recognition ""Empire"" magazine recognition The switchblade James Dean's character used in the fight scene at Griffith Observatory was offered at auction on September 30, 2015 by Profiles in History with an estimated value of US$12,000 to $15,000, with a winning bid of US$12,000. Also offered at the same auction were"
"Weissmuller's acting in the film as ""lack-luster"", concluding that it ""all life is gone from the series with this entry"". Devil Goddess Devil Goddess (1955) is the sixteenth and final Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It features Johnny Weissmuller in his third and last performance as the protagonist adventurer Johnny Weissmuller (a character previously called ""Jungle Jim"") and Ed Hinton and William Tannen as the film's antagonists, Leopold and Nels Comstock, respectively. Angela Stevens also stars. The film was directed by Spencer G. Bennet and written by Dwight Babcock and George H. Plympton. The film centers on jungle"